Scherzinger spoke about why she let the results go to deadlock in an interview with E! News backstage, saying: "At this point in the game, I don't want to send anyone home. Marcus had been in the bottom twice already.

"I wasn't going to make the decision. I just couldn't make the decision, so I left it up to America to vote."

As for whether she would make the same choice again, she said: "I don't know. Everything happens for a reason. Rachel, it was a surprise to me that she was in the bottom two and now that she's being sent home. But no, I had to leave it up to America."

The acts still in the running for the $5 million prize are: Marcus Canty, Melanie Amaro, Chris Rene and Josh Krajcik.